If you have any questions about our confirmation program, contact the church office. This year we will meet during the Sunday School hour, from 9:45 am to 10:30 AM, in the basement youth room (B1). We will post the confirmation schedule in the next couple of weeks.
Our first lesson will be on August 23rd. The topic is “The Bible”. Our next topics will cover “Creation” and then “Sarah, Hagar and Abraham”.
Our eighth graders will have a year of focus on service, around Good Shepherd and our community.
If you are interested in our confirmation program or helping with our youth in any way, please let Pastor Karen or our Youth Intern know.
GLSC History of Confirmation…
Confirmation has been around in Lutheran Churches for a long time, but it is important for us to stop and think about what it is before we begin. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has said: “Confirmation ministry is a pastoral and educational ministry of the church which helps the baptized person through Word and Sacrament to identify more deeply with the Christian community and participate more fully in its mission.” (click arrow to read more)
What does that mean? It means that Confirmation is more than a class; it is more than a three-year program; it is a ministry through which God is active in your life. Confirmation will help you feel more at home in the church and teach you how to be active in different ministries of the church. Regardless of how old we are, what God wants for us has not begun and will not end with Confirmation. By the grace of God, we continue each and every day of our lives to walk our journey of life with God.
Confirmation will teach you how your faith can be active in your daily life. It teaches you about the promises that God has made to you and how you can depend on those promises during your life. We will learn about how trusting in God isn’t just something we hear about, but something we can do ourselves. At the end of the Confirmation program, you will have a deeper, more personal, and honest idea about what you believe and who God is. You will learn how to live out that faith in the church and the world.
Here is how we are going to do that. We are going to study Scripture, Baptism, Communion, and the teachings of Martin Luther. We are going to learn through our actions as well as through worship and doing acts of service for others. You will have the chance to talk about what you are learning about your faith at home with your parents and at church with your pastors, teachers, and each other. It is our goal that at the end of all these classes, you will stand before the church and make a statement of faith that is meaningful for you.
Confirmation is part of a lifelong journey of faith, filled with new questions and answers, new discoveries, new relationships, new responsibilities, and new possibilities. But know that confirmation is just one step along a much larger journey of your life. God is with you along the way, each step of the way. Confirmation is not the end, nor the beginning. Rather, Confirmation is a tool that helps you along your life-long adventure of living out your Christian faith.
Confirmation (Grades 6-8)
Register for Confirmation HERE!
If you have any questions about our confirmation program, contact the church office. This year we will meet during the Sunday School hour, from 9:45 am to 10:30 AM, in the basement youth room (B1). We will post the confirmation schedule in the next couple of weeks.
Our first lesson will be on August 23rd. The topic is “The Bible”. Our next topics will cover “Creation” and then “Sarah, Hagar and Abraham”.
Our eighth graders will have a year of focus on service, around Good Shepherd and our community.
If you are interested in our confirmation program or helping with our youth in any way, please let Pastor Karen or our Youth Intern know.
GLSC History of Confirmation…
Confirmation has been around in Lutheran Churches for a long time, but it is important for us to stop and think about what it is before we begin. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has said: “Confirmation ministry is a pastoral and educational ministry of the church which helps the baptized person through Word and Sacrament to identify more deeply with the Christian community and participate more fully in its mission.” (click arrow to read more)
What does that mean? It means that Confirmation is more than a class; it is more than a three-year program; it is a ministry through which God is active in your life. Confirmation will help you feel more at home in the church and teach you how to be active in different ministries of the church. Regardless of how old we are, what God wants for us has not begun and will not end with Confirmation. By the grace of God, we continue each and every day of our lives to walk our journey of life with God.
Confirmation will teach you how your faith can be active in your daily life. It teaches you about the promises that God has made to you and how you can depend on those promises during your life. We will learn about how trusting in God isn’t just something we hear about, but something we can do ourselves. At the end of the Confirmation program, you will have a deeper, more personal, and honest idea about what you believe and who God is. You will learn how to live out that faith in the church and the world.
Here is how we are going to do that. We are going to study Scripture, Baptism, Communion, and the teachings of Martin Luther. We are going to learn through our actions as well as through worship and doing acts of service for others. You will have the chance to talk about what you are learning about your faith at home with your parents and at church with your pastors, teachers, and each other. It is our goal that at the end of all these classes, you will stand before the church and make a statement of faith that is meaningful for you.
Confirmation is part of a lifelong journey of faith, filled with new questions and answers, new discoveries, new relationships, new responsibilities, and new possibilities. But know that confirmation is just one step along a much larger journey of your life. God is with you along the way, each step of the way. Confirmation is not the end, nor the beginning. Rather, Confirmation is a tool that helps you along your life-long adventure of living out your Christian faith.